Renting

Why renters are protesting against the housing crisis: ‘People are neglected for profit’
Renting

Why renters are protesting against the housing crisis: ‘People are neglected for profit’

The National Housing Demonstration will see thousands of renters demand rent controls and more social housing

Local housing allowance stays frozen this year. Renters need housing benefit to keep up with rents
Morgan Vine

Local housing allowance stays frozen this year. Renters need housing benefit to keep up with rents

Low-income renters of all ages are being left behind. The UK government must do the right thing and ensure benefits keep up with rents, writes Independent Age’s Morgan Vine

Love Island winner Toni Laites: ‘My entire prize fund went on rent. I was living off my savings’
Interview

Love Island winner Toni Laites: ‘My entire prize fund went on rent. I was living off my savings’

Love Island winner Toni Laites speaks to the Big Issue about her journey with chronic illness, her experiences in the villa, and her struggles with the London rental market

How a loophole in the housing market is locking out childminders
Brett Wigdortz

How a loophole in the housing market is locking out childminders

Letters: Sob stories from landlords about thermal upgrade costs leave me cold
Letters

Letters: Sob stories from landlords about thermal upgrade costs leave me cold

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Rents in UK are at record highs. Will they keep going up?
Renting

Rents in UK are at record highs. Will they keep going up?

Finding a rented home ‘easier than it has been for six years’ despite landlord exodus fears
RENTING

Finding a rented home ‘easier than it has been for six years’ despite landlord exodus fears

Actor Jessica Regan moved 16 times in 20 years. Now her renting nightmare is a stage show
Theatre

Actor Jessica Regan moved 16 times in 20 years. Now her renting nightmare is a stage show

Reform plans to rip up Renters’ Rights Act after tenants wait years for no-fault evictions ban
RENTING

Reform plans to rip up Renters’ Rights Act after tenants wait years for no-fault evictions ban

Swooning over Heathcliff? Let’s not forget, he’s a really terrible landlord
Film

Swooning over Heathcliff? Let’s not forget, he’s a really terrible landlord

Providing carpets in social housing won’t be mandatory. It fails to meet basic standards of decency
Joe Carpenter

Providing carpets in social housing won’t be mandatory. It fails to meet basic standards of decency

‘It’s outrageous’: Renters face decade-long wait for new decent homes standard
Renting

‘It’s outrageous’: Renters face decade-long wait for new decent homes standard

I’m Gen Z and can’t afford to move out of my family home. People of my generation need action now
Bismah Naqui

I’m Gen Z and can’t afford to move out of my family home. People of my generation need action now

Renting with pets: Know your rights
renting

Renting with pets: Know your rights

How the housing crisis led to these dogs spending this Christmas homeless
Dogs

How the housing crisis led to these dogs spending this Christmas homeless

Labour’s choice to freeze local housing allowance will ‘condemn thousands to another grim winter’
Renting

Labour’s choice to freeze local housing allowance will ‘condemn thousands to another grim winter’

Remarkable turnaround for man who lived in woods for a year: ‘I thought I was going to be there forever’
homelessness

Remarkable turnaround for man who lived in woods for a year: ‘I thought I was going to be there forever’

Frozen housing benefit pushes renters into homelessness. Will Labour finally listen and thaw it?
Renting

Frozen housing benefit pushes renters into homelessness. Will Labour finally listen and thaw it?

Haunted houses are a classic horror trope – but are they scarier than damp, mould and landlords?
Horror homes

Haunted houses are a classic horror trope – but are they scarier than damp, mould and landlords?

Rachel Reeves faces calls to resign over rental rule break: ‘Politicians can’t be left off easy’
Housing

Rachel Reeves faces calls to resign over rental rule break: ‘Politicians can’t be left off easy’

Renters’ Rights Act: Labour’s landmark rental reforms receive royal assent and finally become law
Renters' Rights Act

Renters’ Rights Act: Labour’s landmark rental reforms receive royal assent and finally become law

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If Prince Andrew didn’t pay rent on the Royal Lodge for 20 years, why wasn’t he evicted?
Jacob Gifford Head

If Prince Andrew didn’t pay rent on the Royal Lodge for 20 years, why wasn’t he evicted?

Renters’ Rights Bill set to become law – more than 2,300 days since Tories promised evictions reform
Renting

Renters’ Rights Bill set to become law – more than 2,300 days since Tories promised evictions reform

Four people died while homeless every day in the UK last year: ‘People continue to be failed’
Homelessness

Four people died while homeless every day in the UK last year: ‘People continue to be failed’

Here’s what would happen if the UK abolished landlords overnight
Landlords

Here’s what would happen if the UK abolished landlords overnight